The Cranberry Crisis of 1959 - UI Podcast #028

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Can you imagine Thanksgiving without cranberries? That happened in 1959 when cooks across America tossed out all of their cranberry products. Learn about the Interrobang!? punctuation mark, a 7-story elevator plunge, an unlucky winning poker player, and a strange sequence of Friday the 13th events. Retrosponsor: Edsel Automobiles by Ford Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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